I don't defend Harry a lot but I don't think he did overlook that in his statements about long term.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: [Futurework] "Survivor" -- FT PR vs. Human Nature (was Re: Slightly extended (was Re: David Ricardo, Caveman Trade vs. Modern Trade) > Harry Pollard wrote: > > The interplay of "He's so good, with him our tribe will win, so we must > > keep him" with "He's so good, there is no way we can beat him, so we must > > get rid of him" is at times hilarious. > > The fundamental difference between real tribes and the artificial and > distorted construct of "Survivor" is that in the latter, the concept is > "everyone against everyone", so egoism against the own "tribe" is rewarded. > That's the opposite of a natural setting, where a tribe would be really > stupid to apply the second slogan, and get rid of its best members. > A real tribe knows it must survive as a tribe, precisely _not_ getting > reduced to a single "survivor" who reaps the TV prize at the end of the show. > > I think it's very telling that Harry overlooked this fundamental difference. > Confusing "Survivor" with real tribes is about as wrong as confusing modern > trade with "caveman trade". With that kind of PR, the FT crowd wants > people to _believe_ that this antisocial scum behavior is "natural", > while in fact it's just the stench of America. > > Chris > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
